Grantham, N.H. —
She was born in Atkinson, N.H. on Aug. 15, 1927 the daughter of Joseph and Eva (Fecteau) Dupras.
Mrs. Mercer graduated from St. James High School, Haverhill, Mass. and attended Fanny Farmer School of Cooking in Boston. She had been a bookkeeper for several different businesses and was most proud of her fundraising efforts for Alice Peck Day Hospital in Lebanon, N.H.
She lived in Bradford, Mass. for many years before moving to Grantham 40 years ago. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima Church in New London and a member of the choir. Mrs. Mercer enjoyed golf and loved her cats.
Her husband of 65 years, Frederick Mercer, died in 2012. She is also predeceased by a sister, Claire Dupras and a brother, Joseph Dupras. She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Carol and P. Michael Lahan of Norwich, Conn.; a granddaughter and her husband, Amanda Lahan and Brian Faler and their son, Alec of Washington, DC; and a granddaughter and her husband, Melissa and Daniel Fitzpatrick, their son, Wesley and twin daughters, Mercer and Miranda all of Derry, N.H.
A service will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 724 Main Street, New London, N.H. Burial will be in the N.H. Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, N.H. at 2:30 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Upper Valley Humane Society, 300 Old Route 10, Enfield, NH 03748 or to the N.H. Veterans Cemetery Association, Inc., P.O. Box 626, Concord, NH 03302-0626.
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